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Table 1 Number of cases by cancer subtype and administrative region, mean diagnostic age in months and sex ratio (M/F)

From: Agricultural crop exposure and risk of childhood cancer: new findings from a case–control study in Spain

Diagnostic group

Aragon

Catalonia

Navarre

Basque country

North regions

Madrid region

Mean diagnostic age (years)

Sex ratio (M/F)

Leukemia

60

418

41

119

638

424

4.5

1.4

HL

6

35

3

9

53

39

8.7

2.8

NHL

19

100

7

17

142

102

6.4

2.7

CNS

52

341

35

82

510

201

5

1.16

Neuroblastoma

16

176

15

50

257

141

1.7

1

Retinoblastoma

11

58

9

10

88

51

1.5

0.96

Renal tumors

18

94

11

21

144

68

2.7

0.9

Hepatic tumors

5

22

1

7

35

23

2.7

1.9

Malignant bone tumors

13

55

4

8

80

34

8.5

1.03

Sarcomas

10

85

11

25

131

69

4.6

1.6

Germ cell tumors

10

55

5

6

76

44

4.2

1.04

Total cases

220

1439

142

354

2154

1196

4.4

1.28

Controls

1295

8865

857

2133

13,150

7215